Name: success in referential communication
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Author: paul
ISBN: 9780792359746

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Publisher

Springer

Author

paul

Language

English

Pages

200

ISBN

0792359747

ISBN13

9780792359746

Synopsis "success in referential communication"

one of the most basic themes in the philosophy of language is referential uptake, viz., the question of what counts as properly `understanding a referring act in communication. in this inquiry, the particular line pursued goes back to strawsons work on re-identification, but the immediate influence is that of gareth evans. it is argued that traditional and recent proposals fail to account for success in referential communication. a novel account is developed, resembling evans account in combining an external success condition with a fregean one. but, in contrast to evans, greater emphasis is placed on the action-enabling side of communication. further topics discussed include the role of mental states in accounting for communication, the impact of re-identification on the understanding of referring acts, and donnellans referential/attributive distinction. readership: philosophers, cognitive scientists and semanticists.